Dear LaFlauta:
I would not rely on drafts contracts and will have a lawyer that can offer to you a good reasonable fee for both rental contract and Insurance policy on possible future problems.
There are rules of automatic contract extensions which are applicable when you rent a house as permanent dwelling. These automatic extensions of the Urban Renting Act (URA) are not applicable to temporary lettings. This kind oftemporary lettings are not under the URA but subject to the will of the parties which has been freely stated in the contract and, subsidiarily to the Civil Code and its imperative rules and there is no automatic extensions here.
Permanent: Automatic extensions for 5 years-3 years.
Temporary: NO automatic extensions.
The exclusion of this kind of contracts from the URA is because this contract does not protect the tenant rights to a permanent residence, but is referred to the house rented by someone who already has a permanent residence house ( a reality which requires more legal protection) and just makes this contract for leisure or vacation necessities.
Reiterated Court Decisions state that we are before this kind of lettings if the house is rented for vacations, weekends, feast days… and with no pretension of covering the need of a permanent residence of the tenant. Therefore, the temporary character of the use is the key to differentiate one from another.
This is applicable even if the rental period is longer than the common vacation period, even if it is hired for one or more years. The most important note is that the occupation of the house is temporary.
It is highly advisable to expressly specify in the contract that the renting is “temporary” or “for not permanent residency use” in order to avoid the application of the extensions regime of the URA.
Good luck and please have fun in Spain.
Best regards,
Maria